Social Work Resources

This database, which is entirely available in full text, offers information covering a variety of aspects of family health. Some topics include nutrition, sports medicine, dentistry, and midwifery. ProQuest Family Health can be searched with any other ProQuest database.

ProQuest Social Science Journals cover hundreds of titles that fall into the social sciences, many of them in full text. The topics covered include addiction services, urban studies, international relations, demography and more. ProQuest Social Science Journals can be searched with any other ProQuest database.

Social Work Abstracts provides citations and abstracts for the leading social work and human services journals, many with links to full text. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, this database covers such subjects as addiction, education, mental health, therapy, child and family welfare and more. Both theoretical and practical aspects are covered throughout the database. This database can be searched in conjunction with Academic Search Premier and SocIndex by clicking "Choose Databases."

SocIndex with Full Text provides full text access to hundreds of journals, books and conference papers. Citations and abstracts are provided for many more, and these can be requested in full text through interlibrary loan. Primarily a sociology database, SocIndex also covers the leading journals in related fields such as criminology and criminal justice, demography, religion, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, political sociology, social psychology and the list goes on. This database can be searched in conjunction with other databases such as Academic Search Premier, Social Work Abstracts, or PsycARTICLES by clicking "Choose Databases."

Encyclopedia of Drugs - Alcohol & Addictive Behavior explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies.

Published by the National Association of Social Workers in conjunction with Oxford University Press, The Encyclopedia of Social Work provides brief articles on and overviews of topics important to the social work field. Each article is cross-referenced and also includes a bibliography of primary sources and related scholarly works. Brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work are also provided. This resource is also available in print in our reference collection (Ref HV12 .E53 2008).

Mental Measurements Yearbook is a comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments in such fields as psychology, education, business and leadership. Select a testing category or publication date under "Limit your results" for more relevant search results. Click "Choose Databases" to select other relevant databases such as Academic Search Premier, PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO.

ProQuest Psychology Journals provides citations and abstracts to many of the leading journals in psychology; most of the articles are also offered in full text with photos and graphics. The topics in this database range from psychopharmacology to social psychology. ProQuest Psychology Journals can be searched with any other ProQuest database. When the database opens, select all the databases you wish to search before hitting continue.

PsycARTICLES is the premier database for access to full text articles from scholarly and scientific psychology journals. Limit your results by population group and characteristics for more relevant results. This database uses the APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms; select "Thesaurus" at the top of the screen for searchable and browsable access. You can also search PsycARTICLES in conjunction with PsycINFO and Academic Search Premier by clicking "Choose Databases."

PsycINFO provides citations and abstracts for millions of journals articles, books, book chapters and dissertations in psychology, many with links to the full text of the document. The psychological aspects of other disciplines are also covered such as pharmacology, linguistics, sociology and education. You can also search PsycINFO in conjunction with PsycARTICLES and Academic Search Premier by clicking "Choose Databases."

Use WorldCat to find books about a research topic that are not available at Holy Spirit Library. Search by title or author if you are looking for something specific, or search by keyword or subject to find something new. Click "Borrow this item from another library" to request a book from another library.

The website for the American Counseling Association provides access to their publication Counseling Today to non-members, as well as information about the ethics of counseling and job searching. A Counseling Directory, which allows you to search for a counselor by location, name and specialty, is also available.

The official website of the National Association of Social Workers has many features that are available to non-members such as: a managed care directory, NASW JobLink, links to local NASW chapters, and links to other relevant and/or scholarly resources on the web.